A new species of cicada known as the Adelaide Black Squeaker (Atrapsalta audax) has been recently described formally by national cicada expert Lindsay Popple and local entomologist Alex Stolarski in the Australian Entomologist scientific journal. Amazingly, the southern-most mainland published records of the species were observed by Malcolm Worthing along the Hindmarsh River. This location was under 7km from the Hindmarsh River Estuary: a local biodiversity hotspot.

Birds of the Hindmarsh River Trail is back! Now featuring 88 bird species found along the Hindmarsh River Trail and 30 illustrations to further aid identification, this book has been locally designed, photographed, printed (Adelaide), & illustrated by local, award-winning artist Wendy Jennings, and is now considered a Local Best Seller.

After only one year, this bee hotel was found to be occupied by Blood-tipped Resin Bees (Megachile erythropyga). These solitary bees are similar in size (11-15mm) to the Honey Bee (A. mellifera) and are known to pollinate vegetables such as leeks.

Bee hotels make a great addition to any garden as they not only help conserve these valuable pollinators, but also provide a platform for observing them. Thus citizen science projects can use bee hotels to help scientists map the distribution of these species so that we can better understand them.